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Gaza polluted coasts threaten population's health
07/08/2008 From Sahra News Palestinian Authority The Palestinian Authority in the Gaza Strip has asked the local population to avoid swimming in Mediterranean coastal waters. The government's inability to treat sewage before it is released into the sea has led to a high rate ...
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Future 'Battlegrounds' for Habitat Conservation Very Different to Those in Past
From: UniversityofCalifornia San Diego Published March 2, 2008 08:30 AM http://www.enn.com/ecosystems/article/32104 Their study, published online February 28 in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, provides a guide for conservationists of the areas ...
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Huge study gives wake-up call on state of world's oceans
Alok Jha in Boston The Guardian Friday February 15 2008 A global map of the overall impact that 17 different human activities are having on marine ecosystems. Insets show three of the most heavily impacted areas in the world, and one of the least impacted ...
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All About, Water and Health
From Sahra News 12/18/2007 Summary by Louise Shaler Source: CNN.com by Rachel Oliver\\ International According to the World Bank, 88% of all diseases, averaged worldwide, are caused by unsafe drinking water and inadequate sanitation. Dirty water is to blame for 4 ...
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The strange, slow-motion disaster of the mud volcano
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/1128/p01s04woap.htmlBy Simon Montlake Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitorfrom the November 28, 2007 edition PORONG, INDONESIA On one side of the levee, a line of trucks waits on a clogged, twolane road under a broiling sun. On the other, a vast lake ...
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Chinese Dam Projects Criticized for Their Human Costs
JIM YARDLEY Published: November 19, 2007 http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/19/world/asia/19dam.html?r=1&hp&oref=slogin JIANMIN VILLAGE, China Last year, Chinese officials celebrated the completion of the Three Gorges Dam by releasing a list of 10 world ...
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